Printing apparatus.



J. SONNE-HANSEN. PRINTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25.1915.

1,147,760. Patented July 27, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co WASHINGTON, D. c4

I.. SONNE-HANSEN.

PRINTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1915.

1, 147,760. Patented July 27, 1915.

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T iQE PRINTING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2?, 1915.

Application led February 25, 1,915. Serial No.v 10,576.

To all whom it may concern lle it known that 1, JOHANNES SONNE- HANsnN,a subject of the King of Denmark, residing at Copenhagen, Denmark, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

ln offices there is often use for a convenient apparatus for printingenvelope, cards, and the like, and the present invention refers to sucha simple apparatus for printing with a cut (or stereotype plate).

@ne form of construction of this invent-ion is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus, Fig. 2 afront view of the same, and Fig. 3 a top view.

1n a frame 1 there is disposed a guide for a cut-holder 2, in the bottomof which the cut can be clamped fast by means of clampscrews 3. Thecut-holder 2 is normally held in the position shown in the drawing bymeans of spiral springs fl on rods 5 which are connected at the top bymeans of a bar 6 carrying a roller 7. 4On the sides of the cut-holderthere are disposed a pair of blade-springs 23 which serve to remove theprinted paper from the cut. ln the frame there is also disposed anink-disk 8 on a vertical axle 9 which at its top is furnished with aratchet wheel 10 which coperates with a ratchet-pawl 11 on thepressure-arm 12. rlhe latter turns around a horizontal axle 13 disposedin the frame and is so arranged that, during its downward movement, itpresses against a roller, thereby moving the cut vertically downwardagainst the paper. A spring 111 holds the pressure arm 12 in its normalposition. On the short end of the bifurcated pressure arm, there aredisposed a pair of pipe-shaped (tubular) guide-bushings 15, in which thesupportino' arms 17 of the ink-rollers 1G can slide, sai supporting armsbeing given an upward tension by means of the spiral springs 18 sup'-plied with tension-screws 19. On the cutholder 2 there are disposed `apair of forward-projecting guides 20 which serve to hold the ink-rollerdown when it is in its position of rest.

When the pressure-arm 12 is pressed down it turns around the axle 13,and the inkroller 16 will be forced backward and it will then roll overthe face of the cut and after that over the ink-disk 8, which is turnedaround by means of the ratchet. On pressing the arm 12 farther down,motion will be transmitted to the roller 7, and the cut will now movevertically downward and press the cut against'the underlying paper.lVhen the arm 12 is then let go, the spring 1-1 will force it up intoits original position, while the springs 4 will lift up the cutholder. For practical reasons, each end of the ink-roller 16 may be supplied witha carrier-roller 21, which can run on the rails 20, whereby the movementof the rollers and the transmission of the ink to the cut will always berendered even and regular. A spring 22 may be supplied to give suitableresistance to the revolution of the ink-disk 8, which will insure aneven distribution of the ink on the roller 16.

This invention can be varied in many different ways without altering itscharacter. For instance, the movement of the ink-roller may beaccomplished in another way, and there may be supplied an inkfountainfor feeding ink to the ink-disk, or the latter may be substituted by aninkribbon.

Having now fully described and ascertained my invention and the mannerin which it is to be performed, l declare, that what I claim is:

1. A printing apparatus of the character described comprising incombination with the frame thereof, an ink roller, a pair of spring4actuated arms carrying said ink roller, a spring actuated pressure armconnected to said arms, a vertical guide secured to said frame, a springactuated cut holder running in said guide, an ink disk, and meansconnected to the pressure arm for Vrotating said ink disk, substantiallyas described.

A printing apparatus of the character described comprising incombination with the frame thereof, an ink roller, a pair of springactuated arms supporting the ink roller, a pressure arm, an ink disk,springs connecting the supporting arms of the ink roller with saidpressure arm for allowing the regulation of the position of the inkdisk, a vertical guide secured to the frame, and a spring actuated cutholder in said guide, substantially as described.

for removing tbe printed paper from the cut, substantially as described.

Dated this 5th day of February, 1915.

JOHANNES SONNE-HANSEN.

8. A printing apparatus of the character described comprising incombination 'with the frame thereof, an ink roller, a pair of springactuated arms carrying said ink 5 roller, a spring actuated pressure armconnected to said arms, a vertical guide secured Vitnesses: to saidframe, a cut holder running 1n said CHARLES HUDE, guide, and bladesprings on said cut holder MARTENS.

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